I completely agree. My guess is that Melnyk forced his GM to try to win in the short-term, leading to the disastrous Duchene trade. They would have been much better off trading Karlsson for Duchene straight up last year --- try to digest that...Yea the Sens deal is a disaster and before we blame the GM it’s my belief this was all on the owner. Eugene got in the way on this one so bad.
Is EK re-signed in SJ?
If he doesn't, it isn't that bad of a deal considering it is only one year but you would think he could have found someone to re-sign him and get more back.
Jake Dotchin waived / terminated by TB... that is a head-scratcher. Have to wonder if it is something other than hockey, because he's good at hockey.
"Material breach" seems serious.
https://www.tsn.ca/report-bolts-waive-dotchin-for-material-breach-1.1173006
Sounds like he came out of shape. Send him to Rautala!Pick him up and send him to the minors to condition Chevy!!!
Yea the Sens deal is a disaster and before we blame the GM it’s my belief this was all on the owner. Eugene got in the way on this one so bad.
I completely agree. My guess is that Melnyk forced his GM to try to win in the short-term, leading to the disastrous Duchene trade. They would have been much better off trading Karlsson for Duchene straight up last year --- try to digest that...
Jake Dotchin waived / terminated by TB... that is a head-scratcher. Have to wonder if it is something other than hockey, because he's good at hockey.
He's on a cheap ELC, so they won't save much, if anything, in cap space with a replacement. Seems most likely that he just showed up out of shape and was told to go away.TSN said it was 'probably' conditioning related. Does that sound like an excuse for a little cap dump?
He's on a cheap ELC, so they won't save much, if anything, in cap space with a replacement. Seems most likely that he just showed up out of shape and was told to go away.
The 1.6m is for 2 years, so 800k per, hence Whileee's post.1.6 mil IIRC, that's why I said a small cap dump. Don't know that they actually need 6-8ook this year, or not.
The 1.6m is for 2 years, so 800k per, hence Whileee's post.
Good chance he is to blame for the Duchene deal too, but who knows? If Dorion is allowing himself to be used this way he is allowing his reputation to be destroyed.
That is outstanding...
The other side of the mask looks like Mike Liut. Is Liut Hellebuyck's agent?